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Best Sellers
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Autocracy, Inc.
- The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
- Written by: Anne Applebaum
- Narrated by: Anne Applebaum
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
From the Pulitzer-prize winning, New York Times bestselling author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A good summary, but with one obvious blindspot
- By Andrew Dunn on 2024-08-09
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
- Why Nations Succeed or Fail
- Written by: Ray Dalio
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb, Ray Dalio
- Length: 16 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 485
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 368
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Story5 out of 5 stars 365
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Is Dalio on the CCP payroll?
- By Lucas on 2022-02-13
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Oath and Honor
- A Memoir and a Warning
- Written by: Liz Cheney
- Narrated by: Liz Cheney
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story5 out of 5 stars 77
In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to the Constitution....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Common Sense
- By Laura Jackson on 2023-12-08
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Endgame
- Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival
- Written by: Omid Scobie
- Narrated by: Omid Scobie
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 45
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 45
Queen Elizabeth II’s death ruptured the already-fractured foundations of the House of Windsor—and dismantled the protective shield around it....
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2 out of 5 stars
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too biases
- By K on 2023-12-11
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American Sniper
- The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
- Written by: Chris Kyle, Scott McEwan, Jim DeFelice
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 349
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 299
Adrenaline-charged and deeply personal, American Sniper is a thrilling eyewitness account of war that only one man could tell....
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent
- By STEVE on 2018-06-24
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Patriot
- A Memoir
- Written by: Alexei Navalny
- Narrated by: Matthew Goode
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs.
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Autocracy, Inc.
- The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
- Written by: Anne Applebaum
- Narrated by: Anne Applebaum
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
From the Pulitzer-prize winning, New York Times bestselling author, an alarming account of how autocracies work together to undermine the democratic world, and how we should organize to defeat them.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A good summary, but with one obvious blindspot
- By Andrew Dunn on 2024-08-09
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
- Why Nations Succeed or Fail
- Written by: Ray Dalio
- Narrated by: Jeremy Bobb, Ray Dalio
- Length: 16 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 485
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 368
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Story5 out of 5 stars 365
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order examines history’s most turbulent economic and political periods to reveal why the times ahead will likely be radically different from those we’ve experienced in our lifetimes....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Is Dalio on the CCP payroll?
- By Lucas on 2022-02-13
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Oath and Honor
- A Memoir and a Warning
- Written by: Liz Cheney
- Narrated by: Liz Cheney
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 91
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story5 out of 5 stars 77
In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to the Constitution....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Common Sense
- By Laura Jackson on 2023-12-08
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Endgame
- Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival
- Written by: Omid Scobie
- Narrated by: Omid Scobie
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 45
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 45
Queen Elizabeth II’s death ruptured the already-fractured foundations of the House of Windsor—and dismantled the protective shield around it....
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2 out of 5 stars
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too biases
- By K on 2023-12-11
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American Sniper
- The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
- Written by: Chris Kyle, Scott McEwan, Jim DeFelice
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 349
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 297
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 299
Adrenaline-charged and deeply personal, American Sniper is a thrilling eyewitness account of war that only one man could tell....
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent
- By STEVE on 2018-06-24
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Patriot
- A Memoir
- Written by: Alexei Navalny
- Narrated by: Matthew Goode
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs.
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Dumbing Us Down
- The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling
- Written by: John Taylor Gatto
- Narrated by: Michael Puttonen
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story5 out of 5 stars 42
Thirty years in New York City's public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders like cogs in an industrial machine....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eye opening
- By Anonymous User on 2020-09-18
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MBS
- The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman
- Written by: Ben Hubbard
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 21
MBS is the untold story of how a mysterious young prince emerged from Saudi Arabia’s sprawling royal family to overhaul the economy and society of the richest country in the Middle East—and gather as much power as possible into his own hands....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Informative
- By Cheryl Benoit on 2020-07-18
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The Day the World Came to Town
- 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
- Written by: Jim DeFede
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 100
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Story5 out of 5 stars 100
When 38 jetliners bound for the US were forced to land at Gander International Airport on September 11, the population of this small town swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17,000....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful!
- By Dawn on 2022-08-15
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Vagabonds
- Tourists in the Heart of Darkness
- Written by: Nick Brokhausen, Jeff Miller
- Narrated by: Andrew B. Wehrlen
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10
1978 - a chance meeting on a remote military airbase between two Green Berets involved in the same operation leads to a partnership that will last over 40 years....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book again from Nick Brokhausen
- By Pierre on 2023-04-12
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Command and Control
- Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
- Written by: Eric Schlosser
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 20 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 99
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 86
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Story5 out of 5 stars 86
Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America's nuclear arsenal....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By grant on 2020-11-27
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century
- Written by: Thomas Piketty, Arthur Goldhammer - translator
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 24 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 93
In Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Thomas Piketty analyzes a unique collection of data from 20 countries, ranging as far back as the 18th century, to uncover key economic and social patterns....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Life-altering, fantastic
- By Stu B. on 2019-07-31
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Manhunt
- The Ten-Year Search for Bin Laden - from 9-11 to Abbottabad
- Written by: Peter L. Bergen
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
From the author of the New York Times best-selling Holy War, Inc., this is the definitive account of the decade-long manhunt for the world’s most wanted man, Osama bin Laden....
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The New Silk Roads
- The Present and Future of the World
- Written by: Peter Frankopan
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 42
In The New Silk Roads, Peter Frankopan takes us on an eye-opening journey through the region, from China's breathtaking infrastructure investments to the flood of trade deals among Central Asian republics to the growing rapprochement between Turkey and Russia....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Loved the first book.
- By daNIELLE MURGEL on 2023-06-05
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Directorate S
- The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Written by: Steve Coll
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 28 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Steve Coll tells the epic and enthralling story of America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan since 9/11....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great but I wish there was supplementary material
- By Amazon Customer on 2019-12-15
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Twilight of Democracy
- The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism
- Written by: Anne Applebaum
- Narrated by: Anne Applebaum
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 98
A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian explains, with electrifying clarity, why elites in democracies around the world are turning toward nationalism and authoritarianism....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not her best work
- By Chuong Nguyen on 2022-03-27
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The Showman
- Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky
- Written by: Simon Shuster
- Narrated by: Daniel Gamburg
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2
Acclaimed journalist Simon Shuster gives us the first inside account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the perspective of President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team, who granted him unprecedented access....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Close to home.
- By mila on 2024-03-13
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I Love Russia
- Reporting from a Lost Country
- Written by: Elena Kostyuchenko, Bela Shayevich - translator, Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse - translator
- Narrated by: Tiana Yarik
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2
To be a journalist is to tell the truth. I Love Russia is Elena Kostyuchenko’s unrelenting attempt to document her country as experienced by those whom it systematically and brutally erases.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Morally failed state
- By Anonymous User on 2024-02-21
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Echo in Ramadi
- The Firsthand Story of U.S. Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City
- Written by: Scott A. Huesing
- Narrated by: David Marantz
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
From the winter of 2006 through the spring of 2007, 250 marines from Echo Company, Second Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment, fought daily in the dangerous, dense city streets of Ramadi, Iraq....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Nothing stood out
- By colin stewart on 2024-05-22
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Who Rules the World?
- Written by: Noam Chomsky
- Narrated by: Brian Jones
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24
Noam Chomsky argues that the United States, through its military-first policies and its unstinting devotion to maintaining a world-spanning empire, is risking catastrophe....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read
- By Anonymous User on 2021-04-22
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From the Ashes
- Grief and Revolution in a World on Fire
- Written by: Sarah Jaffe
- Narrated by: Sarah Jaffe
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
From a social critic and journalist, From the Ashes encourages publicly grieving what we've lost in order to move towards a hopeful future.
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Disunited Nations
- The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World
- Written by: Peter Zeihan
- Narrated by: Peter Zeihan, Roy Worley
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 148
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 125
Should we stop caring about fading regional powers like China, Russia, Germany, and Iran? Will the collapse of international cooperation push France, Turkey, Japan, and Saudi Arabia to the top of international concerns? Find out more....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great analysis from Zeihan
- By Andrey S. on 2024-03-19
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No Way Out
- Brexit: From the Backstop to Boris
- Written by: Tim Shipman
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 36 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
The unmissable account of Brexit, from political insider and best-selling author of All Out War, Tim Shipman....
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Age of Anger
- A History of the Present
- Written by: Pankaj Mishra
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4 out of 5 stars 6
As the world became modern, those who were unable to enjoy its promises of freedom, stability, and prosperity were increasingly susceptible to demagogues....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Scream!
- By paul summerville on 2024-07-13
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Homelands
- A Personal History of Europe
- Written by: Timothy Garton Ash
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Drawing on half a century of firsthand experience and exemplary scholarship, Timothy Garton Ash tells the story of postwar Europe's triumphs and tragedies...
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Filterworld
- How Algorithms Flattened Culture
- Written by: Kyle Chayka
- Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
From trendy restaurants to city grids, to TikTok and Netflix feeds the world round, algorithmic recommendations dictate our experiences and choices....
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Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West’s Fault
- The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin
- Written by: John J. Mearsheimer
- Narrated by: Kevin Stillwell
- Length: 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4 out of 5 stars 3
Conventional wisdom in the West blames the Ukraine crisis on Russian aggression. But this account is wrong....
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Protocols
- Exposing Modern Anti-semitism
- Written by: Elder of Ziyon
- Narrated by: Elder of Ziyon
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance1 out of 5 stars 1
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Story1 out of 5 stars 1
This book defines and exposes modern anti-semitism. It shows how the scourge of Jew-hatred is as virulent as it ever was, and how modern anti-semites hide their hate behind the pretexts of "human rights" and "international law"....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Fake
- By Alu kachalu on 2024-02-09
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Deadliest Sea
- The Untold Story Behind the Greatest Rescue in Coast Guard History
- Written by: Kalee Thompson
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Deadliest Sea by Kalee Thompson is the spellbinding true story of the greatest rescue in US Coast Guard history. Recounting the tragic sinking of the fishing trawler, Alaska Ranger, in the Bering Sea and its remarkable aftermath in March 2008....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Quite repetetive
- By Anonymous User on 2023-11-26
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The Russo-Ukrainian War
- The Return of History
- Written by: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
An authoritative history of Europe’s largest military conflict since World War II, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Gates of Europe....